I have been on away for a long weekend with my sister and her two children. We went to Yeppoon to visit my grandmother for her 86th birthday. It is an eight hour drive from here to Yeppoon. We had a one year old and a five year old in the back seat, so I am certain that you can appreciate that the trip had some difficult moments! Thankfully they were brief and both of the children were remarkably patient.

Grandma didn’t know that we were coming to see her, so she was thrilled!

She had been waiting to meet my nephew. My sister adopted him last year and he has our much loved grandfather’s name. Needless to say he was the star of the weekend. He was charming to all he met and left a lasting impression.

Caramaena – she said afterwards that she felt so loved on the dayKirsty – did I say eight, it may have been twenty hoursstomper – it is a lovely beach, lots of shells to findvicki – it was pretty good considering how close we are to wintermolly – she is young for her agemeggie – she was sad to see us go homefairlie – medal? no just panadolrise – what is making you so green, is it the beautiful north queensland sunshine?nutmeg – so sad, I didn’t lose a grandparent until I was 26, I have a lot of memories with all of themmy float – oh yes, a lie down, but the kids needed to run and run and run